R.I.P. The Shadows

[Umma]

THE SHADOWS have finally seen the sun set on their career.

Britain's first home-grown rock and roll stars have played their last show, almost 50 years after they shot to fame as Cliff Richard's backing band.

Despite their links with Sir Cliff, The Shadows preside over a formidable solo legacy as Britain's most successful instrumental band. Only Elvis and Sir Cliff himself have spent more weeks in the UK singles chart than the Tyneside-led quartet.

Born of the thriving coffee shop scene in London's Soho, the group - initially called The Drifters - were the last word in mid-50s "hep-cat cool".

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[Umma]

End of an era... if only they could get Cliff to join them....

[Redneck4sure]

Great instrumental group. Apache is a standard for sure.

[KiwiCoromandel]

hank marvin was a very good guitarist and one of the forerunners of the fender stratocaster rock guitar style and sound (the man most responsible for the sound of the shadows was, essentially hank marvin. " with his trade mark of red fender stratocaster and buddy holly style glasses, it was hank`s style and sound everyone copied ")...a sound that was further developed by the likes of jimi hendrix and robin trower.....original shadows members jet harris and tony meehan were also guitar heroes in their own right with a #1 hit " diamonds "..

:strumma:

Edited June 24, 2004 by kiwibank